WWII German 9mm Ammo

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

And remember -

"...copper jacketed bullets corrode to copper sulfate which doesn't seriously harm barrels, but the old German steel jacketed bullets, "stahl-mantel geschoss" rust to iron oxide and will destroy a barrel with as little as one shot."

Ed says he's shot that old WWII ammunition and noted that as well...

no, no, I said that I have shot hundreds of rounds of it and my barrels is still sharp and nice.

Maybe Erfurt artillerys are just better barrels than other crap